Nengone language

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The Nengone language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Maré Island in the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nengone language canonical 4

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Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
human language
country France
ethnicGroup Nengone people
hasAlternativeName Mare
Maré language
Nengone
surface form: Nengoné
hasBasicWordOrder SVO
hasEndangermentStatus vulnerable
hasGlottocode neng1240
hasGlottologName Nengone
hasMorphologicalType mostly analytic
hasPhonologicalFeature distinction between oral and nasal vowels
typical Oceanic consonant inventory
hasSpeakerCommunity indigenous population of Maré Island
isMinorityLanguageIn New Caledonia
ISO639-3Code nen
isPartOf Loyalty Islands linguistic area
isRelatedTo Drehu language
Iaai language
isSpokenOn Coral Sea island
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages
surface form: New Caledonian–Loyalty Islands languages

Oceanic languages
Southern Oceanic languages
primaryLocation Maré Island, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
region South Pacific
spokenIn New Caledonia
surface form: Loyalty Islands

Maré Island NERFINISHED
New Caledonia
subfamilyOf New Caledonian–Loyalty languages
surface form: Loyalty Islands languages
usedIn local education and literacy projects
local media
religious practice
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Drehu language closelyRelatedTo Nengone language
Fagauvea language coexistsWith Nengone language